St. Josaphats Church

Schedule of Divine Liturgies


WEEKENDS	SATURDAY EVENING	5:00PM	ENG
	SUNDAY	09:30AM	ENG & UKR
WEEK DAYS	TUES-THURS	8:00AM	UKR

Something you should know

Confessions:	Both daily and Sundays before all Liturgies
Baptisms:	By appointment. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics
Marriage:	Contact your Pastor at least six months in advance. Attendance at PreCana is required.
Religious Education:	Grades K-8 Sundays at 11:15 AM
Ministry to the Sick:	Kindly notify the rectory office about parishioners who are confined to home, hospital, or convalescent home, so that a priest might visit them.
Sunday Bulletin Deadline:	Notices should be phoned in or brought to the Parish Office no later than 12:00 noon on the Monday previous to the publication.
New Parishioners:	Welcome to St. Josaphats! Please stop by the Rectory to introduce yourselves and register. We look forward to meeting you.
Bequests:	In making out your will, kindly remember your church. St Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church of Rochester, NY is our legal title.

Something You Should Know

Church Events & Meetings

Community Events

May 6: Bingo Resumes

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Because of the heightened alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Josaphat’s Bingo is suspended until April 17, 2020
We thank you for your patronage and for helping us build a wonderful Bingo community.
We have decided to suspend our Bingo operations for the rest of the month of March. This is being done to protect the health of the players and our volunteers. Because of the long gestation period of the virus before symptoms show up (or even the lack of symptoms in those who carry the virus but are not affected) – we cannot risk exposing people to the potential hazard it represents.
As per the County Health Department’s request to limit gatherings of over 50 people – we believe our best path forward is to follow this guidance. We appreciate your understanding with our decision and hope to see you back in April when it is hopefully safer to return to normal group activities.

From the Pastor

FEAST OF SAINTS PETER & PAUL JUNE 29

Saint Peter was the son of Jonah, a fisherman of Bethsaida and the brother of Andrew.  Jesus met the two brothers on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, called them to become His disciples and they followed Him (Matthew 4:18-20).  Peter was considered by the other apostles as their spokesman.  After the Ascension, Peter embarked on many apostolic journeys.  He founded the Christian community of Antioch and became its first bishop.  He was a Church leader in Jerusalem and also traveled to Rome where he was martyred in the year 65 under the persecution of Emperor Nero.
Saint Paul was born in Torsus of Asia Minor to Jewish parents who named him Saul.  He was a Pharisee and a tent maker by trade.  Until his conversion by the Lord in a vision on the way to Damascus, he was a zealous persecutor of Christians.  Afterward he became a great apostle, making missionary journeys all over the ancient world to spread the gospel.  Paul was arrested for his activities in Jerusalem and brought before the Sanhedrin to be tried.  Since he was a Roman citizen he appealed to the emperor and was transported to Rome where he was under house arrest for two years.  He was released, continued preaching and was imprisoned again and finally beheaded in the year 67. Saint Peter is remembered together with Saint Paul on 29 June because one tradition maintains they were martyred together in Rome.  On 16 January Saint Peter is also remembered on the Feast of the Veneration of the Honorable Chains of the Holy Apostle Peter.

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ВІДВІДИНИ ХВОРИХ

If you or a family member are admitted to a hospital for any reason and wish to have a priest come to visit, please notify the parish office. Recent federal privacy laws do not allow hospitals to notify the parish if you are admitted. It is the responsibility of the patient or family to notify the parish office.

Ukrainian Catholic Retreat

Members of Saint Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church have a long history of participation in Retreats. For many years men and women of the Parish participated in Men’s Retreats or Women’s Retreats conducted by Roman Rite priests of the Redemptorist Order.

St. Josaphats Festival

The St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Festival was established in 1973 as an effort to introduce Ukrainian Arts and Crafts, Ukrainian food, and Ukrainian music and dance to the Greater Rochester community. Since its